++ BEFORE A=A, THE HEART EXPRESSES ITS FREE WILL.++

It involves, at its root a fundamental inadequacy of mathematics which invariably leads to the reductionistic thinking characteristic of Modern Science that opposes that seemingly nebulous, often apparently specious, content of spirit / religion / consciousness studies. Specifically, all math reduces to "thingness." Math has NO VERBS, except "is."

Action does not exist in math. But it does in reality. Solution: postulate a fundamental activeness, or action. Instead of a=a, Action Acts. This, examined closely, reduces to Intent, or Will. But it is not Will/intent of some "thing" doing the willing. Rather it is willfulness itself. "Will" independent of a "will-er" PRECEDES any physical manifestation of will. Yet when expressed in nearly innumerable "beats" [like of a vibrating string] the collection of actions become a Thing.

Analogy: a bird takes to flight, and another, etc. A thing called a flock comes into being that consists of nothing more than a collection of actions by birds. Will, similarly, precedes things; math inadequately accounts for this.

This depends heavily upon the scientific work in Complexity Studies of the past decade or so. In essence their work indicates that a multitude of simple things become a complex thing, WITHOUT CENTRAL CONTROL coordinating the assembly. The simple things acting on their own have an effect [like flocking] that persists even when the simple things die and are replaced by others. My thesis radically refocuses attention onto the simple actions rather than the simple things. It is my view that the actions make up and become the thing, whether a flock or a creature.

Following this down to the deepest levels of reality, below the atom, I conclude that before any physical manifestation, any THING exists, Will (as the essence of action) precedes it. And that an infinity of moments of Will yield [or become] the things we call reality, including ourselves.

In a relevant, but different vein I look to the work of near-death, past life, & similar research. They all report that we carry with us our history of actions while leaving physical matter [& our bodies] behind.

My view looks to bring contemporary science together with those more mystical areas. Applying concepts from Complexity Studies to the "correction" that I urge mathematicians to make [that is, to supplement quantification of things, both real and abstract, with a mathematics of action], I easily [in my mind anyway] reach what seems an absurdly obvious conclusion: we are, and all that exists is, Will/Intent acting. That is, a complex system of actions of pre-matter Will.

Again, the thesis in its essence: Before A=A, heart wills [/intends.]

Example of a (possibly) supporting reference, physicist Roger Penrose: "Quantum uncertainty alone allows free will."

Another ref: Bhagavad Gita, 2nd Teaching, Philosophy & Spiritual Discipline, #47, page 36: "Relinguish attachment; be impartial to failure or success ..." that is, act.

Another: The linguistics work of Prof. Dan Alford studying the Navajo language reveals it is a "processy" language, rather than our Western noun-ish language. Thus, he suggests, our language itself prevents physicists from accurately decribing reality.

Another: "In the beginning, Word/Will/Way" [Hebrew word 'davar' in its three meanings.]

Another: the ancient Greek goddess Pallas Athene's name roughy translates into "white will" [that which is willed.]

The occult studies, would-be magicians, and the like refer to a cryptic text known as the Emerald Tablet. The text refers to "Hermes Trismegistus" which means the word of triple meaning.

The reader deserves to know my intent at the outset as the supporting material and webpages may be slow in coming.

-Dennis Mannisto, 24.May.2000.

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